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Off the back of this, Frears directed another successful British film, the Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your EarsPrick Up Your Ears is a 1986 film about the gay playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell. The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, and stars Gary Oldman as Orton and Alfred Molina as Halliwell. Directed by Stephen Frears, the interior used in 19871987 is a common year starting on Thursday. Events January January 1 Nunavut's capital changes it name to Iqaluit from Frobisher Bay. January 3 Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. January 4 An Amtrak train, and the following year made his Hollywood debut with Dangerous LiaisonsDangerous Liaisons is a 1988 film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon the 18th century novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The film starred Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Mildred N. He has since directed a number of successful films in both Britain and AmericaThe United States of America also referred to as the United States U. America ¹ or the States is a federal republic in central North America, stretching from the Atlantic in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west. It shares land borders with Canada in, including The Hi-Lo Country ( 19981998 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Ocean''. Events January January 1998 A massive ice storm, caused by El Nino, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting), High FidelityFor audiophile sound systems, see high fidelity''. High Fidelity is a British novel by Nick Hornby, first published (BooksEnthsiast.com) in 1995. It was made into a film in 2000 starring John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Jack Black, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Lili Ta ( 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri) and Dirty Pretty Things ( 2003).
In recent years he has also occasionally returned to directing for television, perhaps most notably helming The Deal , a dramatised account of the alleged deal between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown to decide which of them should become leader of the Labour Party in 1994, for Channel 4 in 2003.
At the Edinburgh Television Festival in August 2004, Frears revealed that he was currently in pre-production of a second feature starring actor Michael Sheen as Tony Blair, the same part he had played in The Deal. Provisionally titled The Queen and set during the week between the death and funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997, the film is also due to star Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth II. It is projected for a release date sometime in 2005.